3:10 To Yuma

[Mia]

I am really surprised that there's no thread for this film. I saw it yesterday and found it really amazing. It's about this indebted rancher who takes on job escorting an infamous outlaw to prison.

I really thought that this was the best role I've seen Bale in. This is not one of the usual 'weirdos' he plays. This is a very, very simple man bordering on cowardly who is trying to get by. But as the film goes on we really see what he is made of.

Russell Crow was brilliant as the outlaw. He was far more than just a thug with a gun. He was truly Machiavellian. And it was amazing watching him manipulate those around him.

I went to see the film just to watch Crowe and Bale, I'm not a big fan of westerns. But this was more than just shooting, there was a lot of character development and depth. I found it really amazing. It was the first time in a long time I've seen an audience sit through the credits.

I highly recommend this film.

[Infernorhythm]

Just got back from seeing it, it was without a doubt the single best western movie. Forget Wayne, forget Eastwood, this is how you make a good western: make a good movie. The relationships, the dialogue, all of it was perfect. The final gunfight was brilliantly staged. Really good stuff. 5/5.

[Gary Joyce]

Sounds like it doesnt disappoint i have been looking forward to this for a while now.

[clayholio]

I went to go see it today, and it was really, really good. It helped that I didn't know anything about it going in, but both Christian Bale and Russell Crowe were great.

[moebius]

I thought it was a very solid film. People in the theater didn't get the last 10 or 20 minutes, and I understand that and think the decisions the characters made were really interesting ones, but if you look at the film the groundwork for those decisions gets laid down throughout the movie.

[Scorpion13]

Sounds good.

Been a while since we got a good western.

[Athena Bast]

I thought it was a very solid film. People in the theater didn't get the last 10 or 20 minutes, and I understand that and think the decisions the characters made were really interesting ones, but if you look at the film the groundwork for those decisions gets laid down throughout the movie.

OMG yeah.

We came out of the theatre on preview night and one chick says "Why didn't Russell Crowe tell his guys just not to shoot them?"

[Mia]

OMG yeah.

We came out of the theatre on preview night and one chick says "Why didn't Russell Crowe tell his guys just not to shoot them?"


Good point. Personally I think it's because Wade really didn't like his men in the first place. They were just 'wild dogs' whom he used to achieve his aims. As the film showed he was quite manipulative and selfish. I also had this feeling that Crowe's character liked to live 'on the edge' and liked the excitement.

[ultramandingo]

........dang ! the olden timey wooden leg technology back then was pretty awsome !. allmost as if he had full use of both legs wile runing across roof tops gotham city style

[jesse_custer]

Forget Wayne, forget Eastwood, this is how you make a good western: make a good movie.

WTF.

Credibility in thread ruined.

[Shadowfax32]

I thought this was the best western since Unforgiven. This was the role that Russell Crowe was born to play. The score by Marco Beltrami was excellent also. I expect to this movie in Oscar contention.

Off-topic: The trailer to In The Valley Of Elah was shown. OMG, that looks amazing.

[Totoro Man]

Just got back from seeing it, it was without a doubt the single best western movie. Forget Wayne, forget Eastwood, this is how you make a good western: make a good movie. The relationships, the dialogue, all of it was perfect. The final gunfight was brilliantly staged. Really good stuff. 5/5.

whoa now! let's not get carried away. I don't doubt that it COULD be awesome. but I think we need to give this movie some time to PROVE ITSELF before we declare that it's better than anything Wayne or Eastwood have been in. I've NEVER been a big fan of John Wayne, but the guy did some good Western movies.

[rick]

I'm just wondering if the remake is anywhere near as good as the original 1957 classic?

[moebius]

I'm just wondering if the remake is anywhere near as good as the original 1957 classic?

So Ebert called it better, others called it just as good but padded, so YMMV.

[jesse_custer]

The quality of this film is somewhere between "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (good) and "The Proposition" (fantastic). And I never thought I would say this, but wait until you see Ben Foster's performance.

Of course, Bale and Crowe are both great. Bale seems a little lost at first, but as you keep watching, you realize that you're the lost one. Bale's performance is one of the most atypical western good-guy roles I've ever seen. Pulling out a gun is literally the last thing he wants to do. In contrast, Crowe is more akin to the fast gunmen we usually see in westerns; honestly, I haven't seen Crowe chew this much scenery since "L.A. Confidential." It's great to see him rebound from an average role in "Cinderella Man."

However, the film is not without problems. The first 15 or 20 minutes are quite formulaic, as Mangold recycles a few John Ford shots and the characters seem little more than cardboard. Only a couple of well-placed explosions keeps the beginning from being too routine.

The other flaw has to do with the script. Although I see the point that Crowe's character has both good and bad in him, some of his actions toward the end of the film are still a little unbelievable. Indeed, the ending in general almost implies that the screenwriter(s) was trying a bit too hard to do something grand and memorable.

Overall, there is a lot to like about "Yuma." In fact, even the film's slip-ups are interesting.

[cactusmaac]

Personally I thought Three Burials was mediocre and didn't deliver anything like the emotional punch that Jones was going for.

3:10 To Yuma was pretty good. Crowe's motivations and actions seemed a bit hard to swallow before the conversation in the railroad office but the cast, writing and action was very satisfying.

Putting it on the same level as Stagecoach, Unforgiven, The Dollars Trilogy and The Searchers is overrating it though.

[the_big_billbowski]

Awesome movie. I would put it on the same level or above Tombstone (was was friggin great) and the Young Guns movies. Loved 3:10 to Yuma and def. think Crowe should do more westerns.

[jesse_custer]

Personally I thought Three Burials was mediocre and didn't deliver anything like the emotional punch that Jones was going for.

I don't think Jones was going for an emotional punch at all. The film is rather quirky and intelligent and not really about how someone feels.

[The Zapper]

This thread makes me want to see this movie. Nice spoiler free review Jesse. Now I just gotta get my ass in a theater, which is easier said than done.

[Brian M.]

Personally I thought Three Burials was mediocre and didn't deliver anything like the emotional punch that Jones was going for.

3:10 To Yuma was pretty good. Crowe's motivations and actions seemed a bit hard to swallow before the conversation in the railroad office but the cast, writing and action was very satisfying.

Putting it on the same level as Stagecoach, Unforgiven, The Dollars Trilogy and The Searchers is overrating it though.

I agree...it's no Unforgiven but it's still pretty good. I'll buy it on DVD.

[jesse_custer]

Awesome movie. I would put it on the same level or above Tombstone (was was friggin great) and the Young Guns movies. Loved 3:10 to Yuma and def. think Crowe should do more westerns.

Make sure to check out Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead" if you haven't. Crowe has a great role in it.

[Black Atom]

The quality of this film is somewhere between "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (good) and "The Proposition" (fantastic). And I never thought I would say this, but wait until you see Ben Foster's performance.


Ben Foster's quickly becoming one of my most enjoyable actors.

[Shade]

Make sure to check out Sam Raimi's "The Quick and the Dead" if you haven't. Crowe has a great role in it.

The cast saves "Quick and the Dead" all around. Weak story and cartoonish direction from Rammi.....but Crowe, Hackman, DiCaprio and heck even Stone, make it fun.

[Jack]

My thoughts, exactly as I was compiled them while watching the movie:

1) Every movie could be improved by adding Alan Tudyk.

2) Baleman + cowboy = hot.

[Ite]

Loved it can't wait for the DVD, and anyone who says it's boring has the attention spam of a 14 year old.

[Ite]

Loved it can't wait for the DVD, and anyone who says it's boring has the attention spam of a 14 year old.

[Sean Whitmore]

I still find it hard to believe that all these kids from the Disney Channel are growing up to be such great actors.

Ben Foster and Shia LaBeouf should team up and do a movie called: Didn't See THAT Coming, Did'ja?


SEAN

[jesse_custer]

LaBeouf has never even approached the awesomeness of Ben Foster in "Yuma." Instead, he has opted to keep his same lame personality, ready to switch to immature situational comedy mode at any instant.

[Sean Whitmore]

Forget Wayne, forget Eastwood, this is how you make a good western: make a good movie.

I've got about a dozen movies I could recommend to you that'll keep you from saying something so odd again.


........dang ! the olden timey wooden leg technology back then was pretty awsome !. allmost as if he had full use of both legs wile runing across roof tops gotham city style

It did kinda seem like they got to the last chase scene and thought, "We need to end this, just run like normal."


I thought this was the best western since Unforgiven.

I think this may be the only Western I've seen since Unforgiven.

Except for Open Range, which I also liked.


The other flaw has to do with the script. Although I see the point that Crowe's character has both good and bad in him, some of his actions toward the end of the film are still a little unbelievable.

I have to agree. I can buy into Crowe respecting Bale's determination to a point, but voluntarily knocking down doors and leaping across roofs was just a bit much.


Ben Foster's quickly becoming one of my most enjoyable actors.

I saw this movie back-to-back with his role on My Name is Earl. He really is enjoyable.


The cast saves "Quick and the Dead" all around. Weak story and cartoonish direction from Rammi.....but Crowe, Hackman, DiCaprio and heck even Stone, make it fun.

Stone less so than the rest of them, but yeah, that movie is all about the performances.


SEAN

[cactusmaac]

I have to agree. I can buy into Crowe respecting Bale's determination to a point, but voluntarily knocking down doors and leaping across roofs was just a bit much.



He knew he'd be able to escape from Yuma, so he had nothing to lose by helping Bale.

[Forefinger]

I just saw it. It's awesome.